The answer: client hunting skills.

Hunting for clients is an essential skill for any freelancer. It’s easy once you know how. But if you don’t know how, you’re screwed:

You waste time looking in all the wrong places (weeks later you’ve got bills to pay and still no gigs lined up)

You send email after email but you don’t know if anybody reads them

You chicken out in negotiations and wind up working for less than you’re worth

You’re exhausted because you never have time to relax

You wonder WTF you have to do to make a real, reliable income as a freelance blogger

…unless you find out from somewhere, from someone who’s figured it out. Someone like me.

Yes, hello! I’m Sophie Lizard, the founder of Be a Freelance Blogger. And I’ve been where you are.

I had no money, no business skills and no clue what I was doing when I started freelance blogging.

But once I learned how to land high-paying clients, it only took a few months to build a steady full-time income from part-time work. For the past 6 years my freelance blogging career has supported my whole family.

I’ve worked with some of the most respected experts in the blogging industry — Chris Brogan at Owner Media, Danny Iny at Mirasee — as well as big-budget global brands and exciting startups.

Now I’m inviting *you* to learn EXACTLY how to win the high-paying gigs that will cover your bills and pay for your next vacation.

The Freelance Blogger’s Client Hunting Masterclass is designed to get you better clients and more money.

In this training program you’ll learn where to look for clients, what to do when you find them, and how to attract *them* to come and find *you*.

Thanks for putting on this class. It broke the steps down to an easy-to-follow sequence while at the same time building my confidence that I could do this and ask for the price I deserve. The lesson on finding hidden gigs was especially helpful, since I can pick the clients I want to work with and who will pay me my fees ($210 a post).

—Chris Peden, freelance writer at TheAccountingScribe.com

I’ve brought in some of my professional blogger friends to share their specialist knowledge with us, too, so you’ll get bonus tips and resources from our guest experts along with my advice.

DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE IF…

You’ve never written a blog post, article or other non-fiction. This course is about finding clients for the blogging and writing skills you already have. If you need to learn to blog, please do that first. [Ask me if you need help.]

You can’t commit to spending at least a couple of hours per week on your training. If there’s a week or two when you can’t fit it in, that’s cool and you can catch up later — but you will need to put some time into this to see results.

You’re broke. Yes, this is an investment in your future, but if you’re struggling to cover your living costs then now is not the right time. [Ask me about low-cost group mentoring sessions instead.]

THIS TRAINING IS FOR YOU IF…

You love blogging and devour “how to blog better” tips like an addict

You’re committed to finding more and higher-paying clients

You’re ready to try new ideas and see what happens

Here’s a lesson-by-lesson breakdown of what you’ll be doing:

How to Put Your Freelancing “Tent” Up

Impress potential clients with your website or online portfolio

Look professional even if you’ve got no paid blogging samples

Bonus resources: Simple checklists of what to include

How to Find the Best Job Ads

Find out which job boards are worth checking

Learn how to spot a loser and avoid getting ripped off

Bonus resources: Application email example and template

How to Make the Most of Social Media

Find new clients on social networks: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook…

Create strong social media profiles that attract clients to hire you

Bonus resource: Network in the private Client Hunting forum

What to Say to Potential Clients

Write queries, pitches and letters of introduction that get noticed

Learn to describe your blogging services in a way that sells itself

Bonus resources: Email templates and a sales strategy ebook

How to Land Your Next Client

At this point, you’ve got all the essential skills you need for a successful and lucrative client hunt. Now we use what you’ve learned and start firing off some messages to the potential clients you’ve discovered so far.

How to Know What You’re Worth

How to Be the Bait

Build a solid reputation that brings clients to your door

Attract your ideal clients to your website or blog

Bonus resource: An in-depth interview with guest expert Tom Ewer, who explains his swift rise to freelance blogging success and how he keeps a steady stream of clients coming in *without* doing any traditional marketing.

How does that all sound to you?

Choose Your Package

Standard Client Hunting Masterclass

With lesson-by-lesson feedback and private forum support

Get instant, lifetime access to the Client Hunting Masterclass lesson videos and all the bonus resources, with personalised support via in-lesson comments and the students-only forum during and after your training so you never feel stuck or confused about how to apply these lessons in real life.

Kick-Ass Client Hunting Masterclass

With one-to-one coaching and lifetime support

Get everything from the Standard Masterclass, PLUS:

a 60 minute one-to-one mentoring session to set you on the right path

an in-depth review to boost the impact of your business website and online portfolio

a direct line to my brain — email me any time for private advice (even after the Masterclass ends!)

Lifetime Guarantee

There will be no half-hearted bloggers in this training! To make sure of that, I’m offering a twofold LIFETIME guarantee:

If you try out the Masterclass and decide it isn’t for you, I’ll refund your tuition fee.

If you complete all the lessons and homework but don’t feel you got valuable client hunting skills from this training, I’ll refund your tuition fee.

I want you to succeed as a freelance blogger. So I refuse to keep your money unless you’re 100% happy with the results you get from this training. Even 50 or 100 years from now — if I’m still alive — you can get a refund any time.

[Yes, that means you could sign up today, get instant access to the full course materials, study the whole thing, then demand a refund just to get the training for free. But I trust you.]

I’m not gonna say this is a “no questions asked” guarantee, because I’ll be dying to learn what changed your mind. But if you decide it’s not right for you, all you need to do is let me know.

I’ve been blogging for a while but something just wasn’t clicking before for how to put all of this work/time/effort together to actually produce a real living wage. During about the 3rd lesson I started having some major “A-HA!” moments and by the time I’d finished I felt like (for the first time in a long time) I wasn’t going to have to rely on content mills just to make a couple bucks as a writer.

I felt empowered to take my new-found knowledge in my industry and pitch new clients. It didn’t take long before one of my pitches got noticed… I was put on retainer for 5 posts a month at $90 per post. That’s a 28% increase over what I was making for a post of the same quality and length.

—Jenn Flynn-Shon, freelance writer at JennFlynnShon.com

You are terrific! After taking your course and practicing what I learned, I have three full time clients… writing for a travel company, world wide destinations. Average monthly salary: $3000!

Kick-Ass
Client Hunting

Your course should be required training for anyone looking to get serious about freelance writing. You’ve made a world of difference for my community. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that before taking your course, they were spinning in circles not getting anywhere. Then after they finish your training, everything clicks and they start seeing massive results. Thanks Sophie!

—Valerie Bordeau, freelance writer and founder of of FreelanceWritersAcademy.com

A few years ago, I considered myself VERY lucky when I was able to book articles at $50. When you know how to position yourself and find really good clients, though, the whole game changes. I now charge no less than $0,30/word and recently got a $10,000 project. Thanks Sophie for your help!

—Dan Virgillito, freelance writer at DanVirgillito.com

P.S. If you’re serious about freelance blogging, I’m serious about showing you how to get better clients. I know you can pick up these client hunting skills in just 8 weeks with this in-depth Masterclass — student success stories keep on rolling in to prove it! I hope you’ll join us and become the next big success.